Swiss Photo Club

BEGINNERS - 5 EVENINGS

Beginners Evening Photography Class

Course Info

Our ultimate photography class for beginners

The 5 weeks evening beginner photography class is our ultimate group course recommendation for beginners who want to make a serious step into photography.

During our five weeks program we meet every week for two hours in the evenings to go through key photography concepts and tips. Then we give you interesting and challenging assignments to complete before the next session next week. These assignments are designed to let you use what you learned and encounter problems that we will resolve in the upcoming class. This method gives you plenty amount of time to digest what you learned, try it with your camera and come back with correct questions in your mind for the next session.

If you expect to miss one of the sessions due to your schedule, no problem. You can always join the same session from the following month’s course.

With our innovative approach to teaching, students find themselves completely immersed in their course of study over five weeks. The project-based curriculum covers an extensive 10 hours of material, which will comfortably get you to the intermediate level.

Course Outline

This photography class for beginners is made up of five sections by week:


  1. Basic concepts & Camera Settings 101
  2. Exposure Triangle: Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO in detail with lots of practice. Learn about how to freeze / blur motion, isolate your subject from the background using shallow depth of field, and how to manage ISO
  3. Composition rules, Focusing, Focal Lengths: Overview of composition rules and how to see them in real world. Focusing settings and how to use each mode when. Understand lenses and focal lengths
  4. Landscapes: Capturing sweeping landscapes, applying rules learned before, shooting on tripod, analysis of photos. Travel photography tips
  5. Capturing people: Portraiture basics, posing, understanding and using natural light, camera settings for different situations

Each week we go through the concepts and practice basics. At the end of the course you will have a lot of interesting homework exercises to do during the week.

Homework exercises consist of practicing what you already learned plus some techniques you will learn the following week. We find that this allows our students to engage much better with new concepts, as they already tried and came across the problems.

The following week we will go through your photos to give feedback and answer your questions. Then we’ll be off to the next topic.

As with all the courses, we will get you up to speed without wasting time on theory – showing you what you have to do to get specific results. Then we will practice these.

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Swiss Quality in Photography Education

Swiss Photo Club is one of the most highly rated photography schools in Europe, with an impressive average rating of 4.95 out of 5 from our students. We offer both short-term and long-term photography education, designed to suit all levels and learning goals. Our standardized curriculum ensures consistency across all our classes and instructors, and is updated annually to stay aligned with the latest trends and techniques. Upon completion of any course, participants receive a certificate recognizing their achievement and progress.

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